Section 4: Licensing Authority.

The Maharashtra Prohibition of Obscene Dance in Hotels, Restaurants and Bar Rooms and Protection of Dignity of Women (working therein) Act,…State Act of Maharashtra · Act 12 of 2016

(1) The following licensing authority shall have power to grant licences under this Act, namely :-

(i) in Brihan Mumbai and other areas for which a Commissioner of Police is appointed under section 7 of the Maharashtra Police Act (XXII of 1951), the Commissioner of Police; and

(ii) in other areas, the Superintendent of Police of the respective district.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint such other authorities as it may specify in the notification, to be the licensing authorities for the purposes of this Act.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Maharashtra Prohibition of Obscene Dance in Hotels, Restaurants and Bar Rooms and Protection of Dignity of Women (working therein) Act, 2016
Section	4
Marginal note	Licensing Authority.
Jurisdiction	State of Maharashtra
Status	In force as published by the source

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